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all obama has to do is look at gorbachev. he came 1985, a secret speech 1986 denouncing afghanistan, he had them tell shultz they were getting out and then announce a timetable then were gone. we need to do something similar. he had 11 commanders in 11 years. take a look at the books the general that the votes attention to is this. that is not a war to be successful no military ever successful where they have a sanctuary. not only that but an ally in pakistan to provide billions of dollars of economic aid that makes the picture somewhat confusing how would you disengage from the situation you support vertically integrated criminal enterprise called the of course, i government? but we are finding our way as a resolution, i don't know how many years this will take. my optimism is the team that are too good appointments. wonder why obama wasted time with susan rice who was not qualified if we had somebody like john kerry when he was his whole career could rise to secretary of state and check cable a wonderful nomination and the
all obama has to do is look at gorbachev. he came 1985, a secret speech 1986 denouncing afghanistan, he had them tell shultz they were getting out and then announce a timetable then were gone. we need to do something similar. he had 11 commanders in 11 years. take a look at the books the general that the votes attention to is this. that is not a war to be successful no military ever successful where they have a sanctuary. not only that but an ally in pakistan to provide billions of dollars of...
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bush talked about a freedom agenda, and even though president barack obama suggested that the united states could not tolerate any country that was out to create genocide or mass casualties against its own people, nonetheless, we really don't apply those rules very evenly or very clearly. so we will do a libya but we won't do a syria. you ask someone like me why and the only answer is politics. >> furthermore, the u.s. appetite for intervention, humanitarian, strategic or otherwise has been greatly diminished after a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan. >> what we're looking at is an environment where the world's policeman for so many decades, getting all of our allies with us, is suddenly just not willing to be the traffic cop on every beat. the american appetite for global intervention is going to decrease. there aren't many americans that want to keep going in afghanistan after 2014. there aren't many americans that are gonna want to go into iraq, even given its importance in terms of global energy and oil. >> in the aftermath of iraq and afghanistan, it's very difficult for me
bush talked about a freedom agenda, and even though president barack obama suggested that the united states could not tolerate any country that was out to create genocide or mass casualties against its own people, nonetheless, we really don't apply those rules very evenly or very clearly. so we will do a libya but we won't do a syria. you ask someone like me why and the only answer is politics. >> furthermore, the u.s. appetite for intervention, humanitarian, strategic or otherwise has...
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and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places which he felt was a terrible thing and he added i don't want to be a part of that kind of system that is going to retrench. my feeling has been we need a smaller military that will do fewer things and go to fewer places. so that is the kind of book i wanted to write. i thought that i should do it even though others have really had ma named a lot of this. i am sure you are familiar with the work of d-nd for example, who wrote things such as the american empire and years before that, john neuhaus, one of my favorite writers wrote in imperial america and other books have dealt with this with an unusual background in the sense that i spent 42 years in the government and the state department, defense department and the cia have security clearances for that entire len
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barack obama is two things. he is a republican realist. he is less reckless, more disciplined a version of george w. bush. he has monopolized the territory of the republican party's foreign policy, which is one of the reasons chuck hagel has proven to be contentious. it is about republicans struggling with the fact they need to somehow reset. so much blood has flown -- floated is impossible to a imagine a transition now -- i say this not to trivialize -- not enough has flowed to force a divided self-centered community to emerge with a unified policy. this is not barack obama's. i voted for republicans and democrats. i worked for republicans and democrats. i have serious problems with some of his foreign policy. the notion he is responsible for this or an earlier intervention would have prevented the radicalization. decentralization is the subtext of the arabs bring the, arab of the arabs bring the, arab
barack obama is two things. he is a republican realist. he is less reckless, more disciplined a version of george w. bush. he has monopolized the territory of the republican party's foreign policy, which is one of the reasons chuck hagel has proven to be contentious. it is about republicans struggling with the fact they need to somehow reset. so much blood has flown -- floated is impossible to a imagine a transition now -- i say this not to trivialize -- not enough has flowed to force a divided...
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a lot of pressure on the obama administration that iran is approaching whatever red line that you know who draws that it's time for the united states to step up to the plate and deal with this problem in a decisive way and even if they don't succeed initially in persuading obama because they'll they'll leverage it to get more sanctions on iran to get other kinds of pressure on iran they will try and keep iran. do you think president obama point to chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's difficult to say maybe we'll see but i'm skeptical that obama really is out to redefine be american relationship with israel and i would add to that in addition to the. point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone hill the israelis are just fine with who will continue what many of the covert programs of course are drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia and that would be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for we all are coming to terms of the
a lot of pressure on the obama administration that iran is approaching whatever red line that you know who draws that it's time for the united states to step up to the plate and deal with this problem in a decisive way and even if they don't succeed initially in persuading obama because they'll they'll leverage it to get more sanctions on iran to get other kinds of pressure on iran they will try and keep iran. do you think president obama point to chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's...
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cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle syria and the dive into the abyss the obama administration is reportedly wreath. thinking its previous position whether it should openly armed rebel groups in this grinding civil war many have the opinion that civil wars with outside involvement usually lasts longer cause more deaths are more difficult to resolve through negotiations so what is different this time around. crosstalk serious protracted civil war i'm joined by mark levine in washington he is a senior fellow with the truman national security project and a radio show host also in washington we have samara robbie he's a government relations manager at the arab american institute and in london we crossed to you as an adult he is a lecturer at oxford university and imperial college london he is also a member of the syrian dialogue project all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want you know mark if i go to you first obama's mulling this we're told this is a risk is this a good idea after everything that has happened well i wis
cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle syria and the dive into the abyss the obama administration is reportedly wreath. thinking its previous position whether it should openly armed rebel groups in this grinding civil war many have the opinion that civil wars with outside involvement usually lasts longer cause more deaths are more difficult to resolve through negotiations so what is different this time around. crosstalk serious protracted civil war i'm joined by mark...
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another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest battle today coming up we're told from where chuck hagel starts after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. also later this hour the cost of peace and money doubles with african nations now demanding almost a billion dollars to maintain a force that france has its own plans for the region to the details in just a few miles. having tried this stick it will reportedly be the current for iran today as well pa was made with tehran's nuclear representatives in kazakhstan according to sources the islamic republic will even be offered a let up on sanctions to run shuts down a fortified nuclear site buried in a mountain and hold some of its enrichment activities in return according to reports sanctions on the trade in gold and precious metals could be lifted the measures along with an oil embargo has put tremendous pressure on iran but is also used more is the notion of course now they've also prepared the ground for some of the country's exports. the international ban on iranian oi
another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest battle today coming up we're told from where chuck hagel starts after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. also later this hour the cost of peace and money doubles with african nations now demanding almost a billion dollars to maintain a force that france has its own plans for the region to the details in just a few miles. having tried this stick it will reportedly be the current for...
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a happy president well the use of drones which goes about forty five people so for trained bush and obama administrations most of them during obama with eight to four percent of those killed are actually higher value than to be targets so we will use drones throughout the area and the french. are happy to have this and as i said earlier look the british policy is really the one that governs africa they know it best they look down upon africa and they're going to carry out their stabilization and there will be genocide there will be death from starvation lack of food destabilization of governments and the french and the united states unfortunately i will get pulled into this you know the french may have other motives where they've done they're in danger of getting dragged in which is why i think they're going to try to get out the next fifty to thirty days what is the motive everyone any of you i mean you're in a they be at they share a pretty pretty intense china side serious destabilisation of why what's the purpose you have to understand the british people don't the british empire still
a happy president well the use of drones which goes about forty five people so for trained bush and obama administrations most of them during obama with eight to four percent of those killed are actually higher value than to be targets so we will use drones throughout the area and the french. are happy to have this and as i said earlier look the british policy is really the one that governs africa they know it best they look down upon africa and they're going to carry out their stabilization...
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cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle syria and the dive into the abyss the obama administration is reportedly rethinking its previous position whether it should openly armed rebel groups in this grinding civil war many have the opinion that civil wars with outside involvement usually lasts longer cause more deaths are more difficult to resolve through negotiations so what is different this time around. crosstalk syria's protracted civil war i'm joined by mark levine in washington he's a senior fellow with the truman national security project and a radio show host also in washington we have samara robbie he's a government relations manager at the arab american institute and in london we crossed to you as an adult he is a lecturer at oxford university an imperial college london he is also a member of the syrian dialogue project all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want you know mark if i go to you first obama in this we're told this is a risk is this a good idea after everything that has happened well i wish he'd done som
cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle syria and the dive into the abyss the obama administration is reportedly rethinking its previous position whether it should openly armed rebel groups in this grinding civil war many have the opinion that civil wars with outside involvement usually lasts longer cause more deaths are more difficult to resolve through negotiations so what is different this time around. crosstalk syria's protracted civil war i'm joined by mark levine in...
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get ourselves in a lot of trouble but you know there's also an economic thing according to president obama and economic recovery has begun but america cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many can barely make it where we sell. planes guns rockets missiles to all these countries all over the world so you know that we're that's one of our biggest industries it's our biggest export defense america spends as much money on military security intelligence as the rest of the world combined you know you're dealing with a big you know economic reality you know the idea that we would cut any money to the defense budget is like unbelievable let's get a few more planes let's buy a few more ships for what you know we're going broke doing this and there's like you know it's like what eisenhower warned you know the military industrial complex watch out it just grows and grows and grows and nobody can seem to stop it barack obama has been recently sworn in for his second term but you don't seem to be very happy with his achievements oh no i think obama's trying to change some of t
get ourselves in a lot of trouble but you know there's also an economic thing according to president obama and economic recovery has begun but america cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many can barely make it where we sell. planes guns rockets missiles to all these countries all over the world so you know that we're that's one of our biggest industries it's our biggest export defense america spends as much money on military security intelligence as the rest of the...
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opinions so you know loopy next time when you want to bring up obama's drone usage or total disregard for the constitution then keep it under three minutes and everything will be just fine but that's just my opinion. he. plays. a low in welcome to cross talk for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle i'm forgetting iraq largely ignored by the media mainstream iraq is faced with a number of serious fault lines growing authoritarianism corruption separatism and political fragmentation this can hardly be the legacy washington wanted but it formally ended military occupation on top of this baghdad appears to be crafting its own not a western form paul. to cross talk joined by puppet escobar and some paolo he is a journalist and author in london we have sami ramadani he is a senior lecturer in sociology at london metropolitan university and in jerusalem we crossed amir far he is a middle east expert right gentlemen crosstalk.
opinions so you know loopy next time when you want to bring up obama's drone usage or total disregard for the constitution then keep it under three minutes and everything will be just fine but that's just my opinion. he. plays. a low in welcome to cross talk for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle i'm forgetting iraq largely ignored by the media mainstream iraq is faced with a number of serious fault lines growing authoritarianism corruption separatism and political fragmentation this...
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and making the big fuss of obama and who'd you want? the politically responsible person of united states or the director of the cia? but we're really don't like it where basically is somebody manages a profile of the kind of bad guy with the nine criteria because mainly you will be wrong a fair amount of the time it is not just bad but counterproductive we are about to have a major debate taken out of the hands of the california where it can be discussed openly. especially the legal to have serious problems. we have decided torture is not a good idea is that better or worse the other problem i have with it is it just looks a little too easy and provides an excuse to dig into the complexity nobody has time to analyze some here are the bad guys causing problems let's do it with a that's addressing the real problem solving the real crisis sometimes used well it could be a useful tool the more often than not used as evasion. >> united states has not won a war since 1945 and it looks like vietnam no difference between republicans and democra
and making the big fuss of obama and who'd you want? the politically responsible person of united states or the director of the cia? but we're really don't like it where basically is somebody manages a profile of the kind of bad guy with the nine criteria because mainly you will be wrong a fair amount of the time it is not just bad but counterproductive we are about to have a major debate taken out of the hands of the california where it can be discussed openly. especially the legal to have...
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told barack obama that he was getting ruled by the generals. she was skeptical quietly about the intervention in libya and now opposes any intervention in syria. gwen: thank you all. we want to take note passing of two men. ed koch, the three-term mayor of new york who transformed the city and became a celebrity in his own right. and max campleman, a diplomat who negotiated cold war treaties -- treatries and during one stage act is as moderator for "washington week in review." we have to go for now but the conversation continues online on the "washington week" webcast extra. we'll be talking about the massachusetts senate race and other topics and on our home page peak into the "washington week" video vault to see what doyle said about the immigration story back in 2007. he looks the same. keep up with daily developments over the pbs news hour and we'll see you again next week on "washington week." good night. >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. to connect your forces to what they need when th
told barack obama that he was getting ruled by the generals. she was skeptical quietly about the intervention in libya and now opposes any intervention in syria. gwen: thank you all. we want to take note passing of two men. ed koch, the three-term mayor of new york who transformed the city and became a celebrity in his own right. and max campleman, a diplomat who negotiated cold war treaties -- treatries and during one stage act is as moderator for "washington week in review." we have...
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president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's cyber defense when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets . now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but according to reports washington is all too familiar with the offensive side of cyber war it's the u.s. who launches things like stuxnet together with israel to to cripple certain iranian technology capabilities in two thousand and ten a computer virus known as stuxnet infected tehran's enrichment facilities destroying nearly one thousand of iran's six thousand centrifuges according to reports the virus made entirely out of code was a joint collaboration between the us and israel in terms of a pandora's box i think it will be slightly harder for the united states to adopt a position of purely be
president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's cyber defense when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets . now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but...
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this is an important election in terms of the future that obama's first election. competing views what the twenty-first century is all about and we are going to make some progress. not as much as we want. we will figure out more if we have a real conversation about the individual and the community in american life so we understand each other better and maybe, just maybe we will wind up with a more pragmatic politics or greater commitment to the common good. those are the last two words in the book. that doesn't give away the ending really. [applause] >> you are watching booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. here are some programs to look out for this weekend. at noon in honor of c-span's new series first lady:influence an image which airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern with a look at martha washington we bring you patricia brady detailing the life of the very first first lady from the beginning of her relationship with george washington through the revolutionary war. for more information on the first lady ceres visit c-span.org/firstlady.
this is an important election in terms of the future that obama's first election. competing views what the twenty-first century is all about and we are going to make some progress. not as much as we want. we will figure out more if we have a real conversation about the individual and the community in american life so we understand each other better and maybe, just maybe we will wind up with a more pragmatic politics or greater commitment to the common good. those are the last two words in the...
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opinions so you know next time when you want to bring up obama's drone usage or total disregard for the constitution then keep it under three minutes and everything will be just fine but that's just my opinion. wealthy british style. markets. scandal find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to cause a report on our to. download the official application to yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television call it just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. any time anyway. live. i'm joined by hilary lever it. form and lists for both bill clinton and george w. bush administrations two of america's most informed middle east experts their new book is called going to tehran which offers a way out of the current diplomatic crisis it's called why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran thank you very much for coming washington seems to be very happy with the sanctions there quickly in the arena and econom
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president barack obama's choice for secretary of defense is facing tough questions. chuck hagel was asked to defend his views on iran and israel. the toughest questions came from members of his own party. >> were you correct or incorrect. said the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? the question is where you right or wrong. that's a pretty straightforward question. >> well -- >> were you right or wrong? the elaborate. >> i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> then let the record shows he refused to answer the question. >> if you will like me to explain -- >> i would actually like an answer, yes or no. >> i think it's far more complicated than that. my answer as i will defer the judgment of history. >> was will is investigating. a student with a gun made it possible for detectives to go in and shoot a fellow classmate. police surrounded the school in atlanta after a 14-year-old student was shot in the neck. three people were arrested. barack obama, for more research
president barack obama's choice for secretary of defense is facing tough questions. chuck hagel was asked to defend his views on iran and israel. the toughest questions came from members of his own party. >> were you correct or incorrect. said the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? the question is where you right or wrong. that's a pretty straightforward question. >> well -- >> were...
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and international law so there was never any reason because i'm president obama's close them but the reality is the real concern in the us is that no senior official has ever been held accountable the only people who have been prosecuted for a detainee abuse have been first of all very limited number of people handful of people and always low the level of people never the senior officials who created the regime of torture and ordered it and authorized and implemented it so human rights watch of the own research suggests that there are sufficient grounds for a criminal investigation into the conduct of senior officials all the way to the office of former president george bush and other. it's good to have you with us here in oz he today after a very short break of area and talks to former presidential foreign policy analysts hillary and flynt leverett all about america's approach to iraq this is. representing the fiasco actually caused a fiasco by singing a song highly critical of president obama ironically at a concert in honor of his second inauguration according to the huffington po
and international law so there was never any reason because i'm president obama's close them but the reality is the real concern in the us is that no senior official has ever been held accountable the only people who have been prosecuted for a detainee abuse have been first of all very limited number of people handful of people and always low the level of people never the senior officials who created the regime of torture and ordered it and authorized and implemented it so human rights watch of...
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published about the relationship with president obama and the drones. the rolling stone article says, -- i would have thought this temperment -- a camp passion not man i would have thought he would handle it differently but the use of drone has gone up exponentially and the impact on both societies has been devastating. so, some way we need to connect the dots, some way we need to say people who are pressing the button in the midwest or far west in the united states, and across the world. entire families and communities and women and children, people going to a funeral, people going to wedding party, are being blown up, and then here we sit, collateral damage, there nor civilians being killed. we need to connect these two very different worlds and see ultimately, is that what we, the united states of america, stand for? is that what we're exporting to the world? >> host: how do we connect with that in your view? sunny think the debate has to begin and the debate has to be multidimensional. more than just about security and about legality. it is that. it
published about the relationship with president obama and the drones. the rolling stone article says, -- i would have thought this temperment -- a camp passion not man i would have thought he would handle it differently but the use of drone has gone up exponentially and the impact on both societies has been devastating. so, some way we need to connect the dots, some way we need to say people who are pressing the button in the midwest or far west in the united states, and across the world....
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obama finally gets his man. the u.s. senate confirms chuck hagel. what increased demand for cocoanuts has failed to bear fruit for indonesia as farmers. pope benedict xvi is making his final appearance in st. peter's square as the roman catholic pope -- his final appearance in at st. peter's square. he is the first pope in 600 years to resign. >> in these recent months, i felt my weakening strength. i prayed and asked for in light meant to make the right decision for the good of the church. >> barbara, amid the huge outpouring of affection from the faithful gathered there. >> absolutely. a lot of people have turned out to say goodbye to pope benedict xvi. 50,000 tickets were sold. it is more likely that there are about 150,000 people around the vatican and the main road that leads to it. people are still walking towards st. peter's square, but they're being redirected to other parts around the square where there are big screens where they can watch the pope. nothing compared to the figures of the people we saw for the funeral of john paul back in 20
obama finally gets his man. the u.s. senate confirms chuck hagel. what increased demand for cocoanuts has failed to bear fruit for indonesia as farmers. pope benedict xvi is making his final appearance in st. peter's square as the roman catholic pope -- his final appearance in at st. peter's square. he is the first pope in 600 years to resign. >> in these recent months, i felt my weakening strength. i prayed and asked for in light meant to make the right decision for the good of the...
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you talk about obama's housing stunt a year ago. president obama and the state of the union promised a task force of prosecutors. to come after wall street firms on those broken mortgages and you say it went nowhere and earned criticism even of liberal allies. additionally, glen kessler has some broken promises up on "the washington post." does anyone really pay attention to the promises? handed out in a state of the union and then go back and hold anyone to them or is this just for show anyway? >> sounds like politico and "the washington post" only ones doing that right now. people generally don't pay attention to what the president's proposals are. he's been talking about a national infrastructure bank for years now. >> right. >> i guarantee you hear about him wanting innovation and nobody really goes back and checks on most of these promises. obviously, the very big ones saying i intend to get an immigration bill done this year, that's something the people keep tabs on, gun control legislation, sure. but a lot of times the presid
you talk about obama's housing stunt a year ago. president obama and the state of the union promised a task force of prosecutors. to come after wall street firms on those broken mortgages and you say it went nowhere and earned criticism even of liberal allies. additionally, glen kessler has some broken promises up on "the washington post." does anyone really pay attention to the promises? handed out in a state of the union and then go back and hold anyone to them or is this just for...
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michelle obama at the oscars is fine. ronald reagan at the super bowl is fine and then president dukakis at oscars is fine with me, too. >> living the dream. i'm shocked you do not remember the newspaper headlines from that day in 1985 but it's all right. >> scored the game. >> of course you do. well and i would say, too, i mean with the whole controversy such as it is about the first lady at the oscars, i don't think any normal and by normal person i mean nonpartisan who doesn't already have a strong opinion about the first lady is really concerned about this or thinking about this. i think most people thought it was nice or didn't really think about it that much and moved on with their lives now and first ladies throughout history have really made that role in to whatever they have wanted it to be. eleanor roosevelt probably still the most outspoken fairslydy. she had press conferences. penned a column. she had different views than her husband and was outspoken about them. and interestingly, when hillary clinton was fir
michelle obama at the oscars is fine. ronald reagan at the super bowl is fine and then president dukakis at oscars is fine with me, too. >> living the dream. i'm shocked you do not remember the newspaper headlines from that day in 1985 but it's all right. >> scored the game. >> of course you do. well and i would say, too, i mean with the whole controversy such as it is about the first lady at the oscars, i don't think any normal and by normal person i mean nonpartisan who...
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dedicated for secretary kerry as you have been for me, and that you will continue to serve president obama and our nation with the same level of professionalism and commitment that i have seen firsthand. on a personal basis, let me wish all of you the very best, whether you have been here all week, or 30, or even 40 years, pat. [laughter] let me give you the very best wishes that i can, because i am proud to have been a part of you. i leave thinking of the nearly 70,000 people that i was honored to serve and leave as part of a huge extended family, and i hope that you will continue to make yourselves, make me, and make our country proud. thank you all, and god bless you. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> do not put such unlimited power in the hands of husbands. if particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion. >> abigail adams, wife of the second president and one of the women who served as first lady in the c-span original series, "first ladies, influence and image." their influence on the president. produced with the white h
dedicated for secretary kerry as you have been for me, and that you will continue to serve president obama and our nation with the same level of professionalism and commitment that i have seen firsthand. on a personal basis, let me wish all of you the very best, whether you have been here all week, or 30, or even 40 years, pat. [laughter] let me give you the very best wishes that i can, because i am proud to have been a part of you. i leave thinking of the nearly 70,000 people that i was...
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get after barack obama, he voted against the surge. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. they were all against the surge. and you can make the case that the surge worked in a tactical way. it still hasn't worked in its ultimate, strategic objectives for reasons that i discussed, and in the meantime, it did cost a lot of money and probably, you know, a thousand extra american soldiers died in the implementation of that surge compared with if you just pulled them out. was that worth it? i don't know. i don't know. we don't know yet. but it's not, it is not a clear-cut fact that the surge worked and we won and that sort of thing. as for the jewish lobby question, i mean, you know, let's get real. the israeli press, i mean, i'm jewish. the israeli press refers to aipac as the jewish lobby. okay, it's a little -- and, you know, aipac has had this thing going for years where anybody who criticizes israel, they say, oh, well, you're anti-semitic. you're really talking about jews, you're not talking about israel. so if someb
get after barack obama, he voted against the surge. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. they were all against the surge. and you can make the case that the surge worked in a tactical way. it still hasn't worked in its ultimate, strategic objectives for reasons that i discussed, and in the meantime, it did cost a lot of money and probably, you know, a thousand extra american soldiers died in the implementation of that surge compared with if you just pulled them out. was that...
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because remember president obama has said that he will not allow iran to have a nuclear weapon. so i think what people are saying is, they're making rich uranium for weapon, working on design work and some missile work. but what's not yet clear, i guess what secretary panetta is saying, whether they're going to make the final hundred yards dash to assemble and feel the weapon. the dilemma though is for the west, you can't afford to stop them just short of that final screwdriver turn or else you really have to contrain them in any meaningful way. what these negotiations aim to do is try to find some kind of way to constrain the iranians enough that they are clearly short of a nuclear weapon and the west would have sufficient warning should they break out of the awe -- agreement and make a dash for it. >> what would the west consider sufficient warning? >> well, i don't know what their intelligence means are on this but something so that you have months and not days of indication that iran is trying to, and also the means to do something about it. i mean if you take president obam
because remember president obama has said that he will not allow iran to have a nuclear weapon. so i think what people are saying is, they're making rich uranium for weapon, working on design work and some missile work. but what's not yet clear, i guess what secretary panetta is saying, whether they're going to make the final hundred yards dash to assemble and feel the weapon. the dilemma though is for the west, you can't afford to stop them just short of that final screwdriver turn or else you...
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the concern president obama had lying weapons would in effect be involved in a proxy war supported by iran and russia. the other side of the debate is nothing else is working and we need to create pressure on assad and build relationship with people inside syria who might take over one day. another factor is there are rebels, al-qaeda affiliated rebels the united states and the west doesn't support. and i don't think it's in the west's interest to see them end up at the top of the heap. >> rose: and then we turn to the story of the chinese army spying on the american government and american companies with david sanger of the "new york times," dune lawrence and michael riley of bloomberg businessweek. >> the cyber has been off to the side as something of an annoyance. i'm hearing this has gotten so big it's moving to the center of the relationship and it risks the rest of the relationship. i think the next thing you're going to see the president sending some kind of envoy to beijing to make that point. >> rose: the conflict in syria and spying on the united states by the chinese army w
the concern president obama had lying weapons would in effect be involved in a proxy war supported by iran and russia. the other side of the debate is nothing else is working and we need to create pressure on assad and build relationship with people inside syria who might take over one day. another factor is there are rebels, al-qaeda affiliated rebels the united states and the west doesn't support. and i don't think it's in the west's interest to see them end up at the top of the heap....
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we will see but i'm skeptical that obama really is out to redefine to be america's relationship with israel and i would add to that in addition to the. point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course our drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia and that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for a real coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran. there is an argument often made in washington that bashar al assad's fall would be a strategic victory against iran what can you say about an approach like that first of all at this point iran's most important arab ally is no longer syria it's iraq thanks in no small part to the united states iran's most important strategic ally in the arab world is iraq even in syria you know bashar al assad is still there i don't think is going on is imminent and even if you reach a point where he might fee
we will see but i'm skeptical that obama really is out to redefine to be america's relationship with israel and i would add to that in addition to the. point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course our drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia and that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to...
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obama had said now listen, this is all you're going to get. don't think you can come back and say i think three or more brigades do the trick. this is it. so no coincidence in 18 months to the day, obama appears and says he's pulling out all of the surge troops. not just through 5000, but all of them in the next year because basically it hadn't worked. he had a good situation because he could retrieve this is a victory because it killed osama bin laden. they had taliban troops in the field. the afghan arbutus getting better, but she didn't need the extra 33,000 troops to do all that. so he changed the mission and what has happened since his counterinsurgency has disappeared because of the failure of afghanistan's now abandoned us and that we shouldn't do and were reverting back to a new american way of war, which involves small footprint, drums from the sky, small commando raids, the opposite of counterinsurgency and on the one hand, at least for not sending 100,000 troops tamale or uganda. on the other hand they fear what this does do is set
obama had said now listen, this is all you're going to get. don't think you can come back and say i think three or more brigades do the trick. this is it. so no coincidence in 18 months to the day, obama appears and says he's pulling out all of the surge troops. not just through 5000, but all of them in the next year because basically it hadn't worked. he had a good situation because he could retrieve this is a victory because it killed osama bin laden. they had taliban troops in the field. the...
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but what was obama thinking. but what was obama thinking with intelligence issues that we would have to grapple with. i could not think of a better scenario than having david petraeus at the cia. that's not what he had in mind in 1947. he did not want to put in the hands of military policymakers. what the cia was created for was to challenge military intelligence. the cia has done its job correctly and that is what they have done on things such as arms control or vietnam, for that matter. what needs to be done, and let me just check the time to, we don't have a lot of time. let me go over to areas very quickly. the first deals with the defense budget and the other that deals with the need to militarize the entire national security system. there is a chapter in the book and i'm not going to get into the specifics of the reduction that i could argue that you could take a trillion dollars very easily and have a defense budget over the next 10 years and you would still have the same level of spending in 2007. we spen
but what was obama thinking. but what was obama thinking with intelligence issues that we would have to grapple with. i could not think of a better scenario than having david petraeus at the cia. that's not what he had in mind in 1947. he did not want to put in the hands of military policymakers. what the cia was created for was to challenge military intelligence. the cia has done its job correctly and that is what they have done on things such as arms control or vietnam, for that matter. what...
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do you think president obama appointed chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's difficult to say we will see but i'm skeptical that obama really is out to redefine to be america's relationship with israel and i would add to that in addition to the hail appointment we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with . who will continue many of the covert programs of course our drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia and that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for real coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran there is an argument often made in washington that it's fall would be a strategic victory against iran what can you say about an approach like that first of all at this point iran's most important arab ally is no longer syria it's iraq thanks in no small part to the united states iran's most important strategic ally in the arab world is iraq. even in syria you know bashar al assad is still
do you think president obama appointed chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's difficult to say we will see but i'm skeptical that obama really is out to redefine to be america's relationship with israel and i would add to that in addition to the hail appointment we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with . who will continue many of the covert programs of course our drone program but many of the covert programs that would...
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and president obama has worked with president morsi ton. >> do we have less leverage, some people argue that one of the problems we face is we have less leverage with islamic governments. >> well, these governments it's more complex. the deal here of course iss that it's not about just having a relationship with the single person or a single group of people in a country within as we've had before with people who ruled by -- >> who ruled for decades and ruled in author tearian systems, that's changed. and so this is a new challenge, a first impression for the united states that the united states has to deal with islamic governments, right, who have been democratically elected and in countries where there are a multitude of stakeholders. and this is a new circumstances for the united statesment now the united states in north africa including in egypt but in north africa generally faces a security situation which is something, mike rogers, the chairman of the house intelligence community wrote a piece in plirtco today calling for a comprehensive strategy and he's right to deal with the cou
and president obama has worked with president morsi ton. >> do we have less leverage, some people argue that one of the problems we face is we have less leverage with islamic governments. >> well, these governments it's more complex. the deal here of course iss that it's not about just having a relationship with the single person or a single group of people in a country within as we've had before with people who ruled by -- >> who ruled for decades and ruled in author tearian...
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obama also was ruled by the military that is how you got the surge of forces. i think he realizes he was had and that is important and why i am optimistic about the second term this is a wiser man with foreign policy but he has ended the war in iraq meandering to ending the war in afghanistan and allowing the pentagon with the motor skills of a dinosaur such as a timetable for withdrawal all obama has to do i look at the gorbachev experience, and came in 1985, gave a secret speech 1986 faugh denouncing afghanistan, had told shultz we are getting out with one year to turn around and then announced a timetable then we were gone in 89. we need to do something similar. we had 11 commanders in afghanistan in the 11 years. look at the book if the generals that is not of war where we can be successful. there is no military that is ever successful with a counterinsurgency and they have been ally in pakistan that makes the picture confusing to disengage from a situation where you are supporting perfectly integrated enterprise called the car's side government. but refine
obama also was ruled by the military that is how you got the surge of forces. i think he realizes he was had and that is important and why i am optimistic about the second term this is a wiser man with foreign policy but he has ended the war in iraq meandering to ending the war in afghanistan and allowing the pentagon with the motor skills of a dinosaur such as a timetable for withdrawal all obama has to do i look at the gorbachev experience, and came in 1985, gave a secret speech 1986 faugh...